---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to requirements to use health care interpreters; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Exempts from health care interpreter requirements individuals providing services as employees or contractors of school districts, public charter schools and education service districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 2240"
citation: "Oregon HB 2240 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Courtney Neron"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-24T23:00:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2325afb0-8371-4c9c-a80d-3cd7a78fd9c5"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2240"
source_hash: "25933f6b9da8ae91c1e2a5f3b9f8a264a84db69032aa8ae1c591fc073d7a402c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
---

# Oregon HB 2240 (2023R1) — Relating to requirements to use health care interpreters; and declaring an emergency.

Exempts from health care interpreter requirements individuals providing services as employees or contractors of school districts, public charter schools and education service districts.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2240/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2240/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Nguyen H. Passed. — **47–3** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed. — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Courtney Neron — primary (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11T20:08:51+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-02-13T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-02-14T22:36:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21T19:34:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23T19:04:33+00:00** Carried over to February 28, 2023 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2023-02-28T20:05:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nguyen H. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T17:46:52+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T20:46:26+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing Cancelled.
- **2023-04-25T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-09T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-06-15T15:12:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15T21:55:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-16T19:18:31+00:00** Carried over to 06-20 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-21T00:07:02+00:00** Carried over to 06-21 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-21T22:20:20+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-24T18:06:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-24T23:08:16+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-21T22:21:20+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Findley.
- **2023-07-13T19:20:02+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-24T23:00:59+00:00** Chapter 239, (2023 Laws): Effective date July 13, 2023.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2325afb0-8371-4c9c-a80d-3cd7a78fd9c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).